Litton v. State of Tennessee Dept. of Human Resources (TWP2)

Filing 40

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 35 defendants' Motion to Dismiss. The claims against the State of Tennessee Department of Human Services, the State of Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabili ties, and the State of Tennessee Department of Health are DISMISSED. The case will proceed on the claims against the State of Tennessee Department of Human Resources and the State of Tennessee. Signed by District Judge Thomas W Phillips on September 4, 2018. (AYB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT GREENEVILLE
LARRY F. LITTON,
Plaintiff,
v.
STATE OF TENNESSEE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES, et al.,
Defendants.

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No. 2:17-cv-127
Judge Phillips

ORDER
For the reasons set forth in the accompanying memorandum opinion, the
defendants’ motion to dismiss [Doc. 35] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.
The claims against the State of Tennessee Department of Human Services, the State of
Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and the State of
Tennessee Department of Health are DISMISSED. The case will proceed on the claims
against the State of Tennessee Department of Human Resources and the State of
Tennessee.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/ Thomas W. Phillips
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE